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VOCAB-OD

units 21-25

QuestionAnswer
kudos praise, congratulations
lackadaisical lazy
liability debt
libel writing, written
lucid understandable
lucrative gaining, (especially money)
malapropism improper usage
malice ill will
mammoth huge! (duh)
mandatory required
mercenary soldier for a foreign army, working for payment only
moot null and void, court-nullified
morass marsh or bog
motley colorful and patchy- clashing
mundane everyday, plain
myriad lots of things... like numbers (stars)
narcissistic in love with yourself
nebulous cloudy
nepotism family favoring
nomadic travelling
nominal small amount
nuance shade- clouds
obsequious willingly
obsolete void
officious annoyingly helpful
ominous evil omen, dark charactered
opportune for the purpose
ostensible obvious, apparant
ostracize ban, exile
pandemonium confusion, disorder
parochial related to parishes (churches)
pensive thoughtful
peremptory dictatorial
prejure judge
pernicious deadly
persevere persist
plaintive mournful
plethora over abundance, excess
poignant emotionally distressed
precarious dangerous,
precocious advanced
premise proposition supporting a conclusion, a track of land including the buildings
perogative exclusive right
probity honesty
prodigious huge and wonderful
prolific productive
promulgate proclaim formally
propensity natural inclination or tendency
propitiate appease
protracted prolonged
prowess skill
purge get rid of
pusillanimous cowardly
quell extinguish
quixotic chivalrous and romantic
Created by: walrusbubblegum
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